Research Café

Research Café

Research Café brings together the entire graduate student community of Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway campus to strengthen scholarly literacy and interdisciplinary research communication by providing a platform for emerging researchers to connect, share their in-progress research or scholarship, and benefit from peer feedback in a friendly and low-stakes setting. 

SGS Welcomes New Excellence Fellows for 2022-2023

  • October 4, 2022
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

SGS Welcomes new Excellence Fellows for 2022-2023

Event Description

GlaxoSmithKline is a leading company in pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines, and healthcare products. The company focuses on four therapeutic areas: infectious diseases, HIV, oncology and immunology. Come meet representatives and employees from GSK who are in the biology space and hear about the science they are involved in as well as how you can get your foot in the door with a job at GSK. 

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Event Description

Medical affairs is a unique organization within a life science company that focuses on the communications between the company and medical professionals, healthcare providers, and patients. Roles within Medical Affairs include Medical Science Liaison, Medical Information, Pharmacovigliance, Regulatory Affairs etc… Come hear from a panel of PhD level individuals who are in medical affairs to learn about their career path and find out about the Board Certification in Medical Affairs.

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Event Description

If you are an international student or postdoc and are wondering how to apply for jobs in the US, you should join us to hear Michael Goldstein who is an immigration lawyer, who will give a presentation and answer your questions.

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Mentor orientation a success!

  • September 28, 2022
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Graduate Students Gather for Mentoring for Social Justice and Community-Building Orientation

In September, the five graduate student mentors participating in the 2022-23 cohort with the Mentoring for Social Justice and Community-Building Project gathered with program staff for a day-long mentor orientation on Douglass campus.

Congratulations Courtney McDermott!

  • September 28, 2022
Awards & Honors

Congratulations to Courtney McDermott, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Manny DiCicco-Bloom’s lab, on receiving the prestigious NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award. Courtney is the first Neuroscience student at Rutgers University to achieve this award!

We asked Courtney to discuss her current research and goals, and share her grant application experience: 

Justin Yao, PhD

Graduate Program Membership

Member

Contact

Location
604 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Research

Neural basis of sensory decision-making; sensory impairments on cognition

Justin Yao, PhD

Graduate Program Membership

Affiliate Member

Contact

Location
604 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Research

Neural basis of sensory decision-making; sensory impairments on cognition